The train derailment in eastern India that killed more than 300 people and injured hundreds more was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks, India’s railways minister said Sunday. ”Who …
At least 38 people were killed and 72 more were injured in a train crash in northeast Greece late Tuesday night, a tragedy that prompted the country’s top transportation official to step down. The crash, the country’s worst in decades, …
A passenger train hit a landslide before derailing in Scotland [on Wednesday, Aug. 12], killing three people, UK rail investigators confirmed Friday. A train track obstruction had been suspected of playing a role in Wednesday’s derailment near the coastal town …
Britain suffered its worst train crash in more than 15 years after a derailment in Scotland killed three people, including the driver, and left another six injured. The Scotrail service was traveling from Aberdeen to Glasgow when it left the …
Danish authorities say a deadly accident in which a high-speed passenger train struck a semi-trailer that fell off a freight train coming in the opposite direction, happened because the unit wasn’t properly secured. Denmark’s Accident Investigation Board, known by its …
After Richard Branson announced his Virgin Group would partner with Brightline, Florida’s new higher-speed passenger rail service, a train whisked the British billionaire, VIPs and journalists from Miami to West Palm Beach in just over an hour and then back, …
Denmark has banned truck trailers on trains following a deadly accident last week in which a high-speed passenger train struck cargo that had fallen off a freight train coming from the opposite direction. The Danish Transport, Construction and Housing Authority …
Two more bodies have been found in the wreckage of a crashed train on a Danish bridge, raising the death toll to eight in Denmark’s deadliest train accident in 30 years, police said Thursday. Police say three women and five …
A Danish passenger train apparently hit falling cargo from a passing freight train Wednesday, an accident that killed six people and injured 16 others as it crossed a bridge linking the country’s islands, authorities said. The accident was the worst …
The Florida Department of Transportation says it is planning to install fences around train tracks to avoid more fatal crashes. The Orlando Sentinel reports about $300,000 will go toward the fencing project that will install 6-foot chain-link fences. Steve Olson, …
